ARTHUR'S EYES

We love the Arthur books but much prefer the newer illustrations. Won’t be giving this one to our child since Arthur really does not look like Arthur.

The writing is awkwardly spaced on the pages without a thought to how it would be read out loud.

アサーは、近視なのにメガネをかけていませんでした。 とっても不便なので、素敵なメガネをお父さんとお母さんがメガネを作ってくれました。 どう見えるか心配でメガネがなかなかかけられません。 友達もからかうので、やっぱりメガネはかけたくありません。 でもメガネをかけなかったばっかりに、とんでもない失敗をしてしまいます。 どんなに小さな事でも昨日と違う事をするのには、勇気をもつ事が必要です。 アサーは失敗を通して本当に大切な事は、何かを学びます。 アサーは葛藤を乗りこえて確実に成長したのです。 子ども達が成長することの一つに、「小さな事でも、昨日までの自分自身とはっきり違う行動を取れる。」 これも大きな成長ですね。テープも楽しいです。

As a kid, this was one of my favorite books and being a teacher and having kids of my own, it's one I like to read to them often. The story is about Arthur, who goes to the eye doctor and finds that he needs glasses. He wears the glasses to school and his friends tease him about the glasses and make him feel self-conscious, so he tries to lose the glasses. All sorts of problems occur, including that he accidentally goes in the girl's bathroom which is a funny part to the kids, because he can't see. In the end, his teacher shows him that he has glasses also for reading and that they are cool to wear. What I love most about the book is that it teaches kids in a way that they understand that it is ok to be different and that you should feel good about the differences you have because they make you unique. This is in fact, the reason that I read the story to my class because of issues we had with teasing and I found that it really helped them view people's differences in a better way. The story was perfect length to hold their attention and has a great moral that is relateable. One thing to be aware of though is that although the book cover shows Arthur as he is today, the artwork on the inside is the "classic Arthur" artwork of the late 70s/early 80s and he looks more like an aardvark and very different from now. The colors are also not as vibrant as the later Arthur books.

Great gift for my young niece who was getting her first pair of glasses. Marc Brown's Arthur books are always fun.